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MYRON MCCLELLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1941 – February 20, 1966
Service recordMyron McClelland, of Downieville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 586 SIG CO 41 SIG BN 2 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- June 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Downieville, California (Sierra County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “586 SIG CO 41 SIG BN 2 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 55
- RAYMOND SYLVESTER FORDSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL RAY FRIZZELLCaptain · February 20, 1966
- JERRY BRUCE HARRISSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · February 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE KENNETH SCATESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 57
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.